Bav Shergill: As a teenager I was terribly embarrassed about my skin – I had really bad acne from the age of 15. It took me until I went to medical school to find the courage and confidence to change my GP and get a hospital referral. Now, when I’m treating patients with acne I can reassure them by drawing on my own experience. I can say: “I was on this drug, too, and my
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